“Savoir mal est pire qu'ignorer”

“There is no such thing as destiny. We ourselves shape our lives.”

“Love is only a feeling of curiousity more or less intense, grafted upon the inclination placed in us by nature that the species may be preserved.”

“When a man is in love very little is enough to throw him into despair and as little to enhance his joy to the utmost.”

“To lead a blameless life you must curb your passions , and whatever misfortune may befall you cannot be ascribed by anyone to want of good luck, or attributed to fate; these words are devoid of sense, and all fault will rightly fall on your own head.”

“Hope is nothing but a deceitful flatterer accepted by reason only because it is often in need of palliatives.”

“The philosopher is a person who refuses no pleasures which do not produce greater sorrows, and who knows how to create new ones.”